Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-08
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has reached Sl29,43j
The decrease in the public debt for March
was about Sl2,oo,OOO.
A quarantine against cholera has been
delared at II Pase, Texas.
John Godfrey SAKE, the poet, dleu III
Albany, ~ Y, ON the lst inst
The Arkansas legislature has passei Il
bill TO settle tho undisputed state debt
Frank James, ex-blndit has gone 10
Denni ,on. Texas 20 ENGAGE in business
The Connections legislature has passed
the 10 year law for women and oh ldren.
Francisco Duquette diei at Negaunee
the other dav of b'ce ling from the nose.
4 bill is befors she Illiuoi. legislature to
prevent the use of alum IN baking powder
The business portion of New MILFORD.
Pa. was wiped out 10y fire the other day.
A heavy snow storm prevailed through
out a largo portion Of Virginia On the ISL
inst.
The ,o,ton mills at West Point, Ga.
were burned the other night at loss OF
$4,000
John wanamaksr is building hotel IN
philadelphia for women who earn their
own i,ins
Prominent government officials say that
there is no probability Of an extra session
of cougres..
The de oartment Of agriculture i inve''
tigating the extent Of food adulteratlon IN
this country.
An inceniiary fire in Indianola' Texas
destroyed arly the entire business por-
ii n of the city.
The New Jersey senate ha, passed the
hin giving women the right to vote Ia
school elections.
C.S. Dyer, examiner of national banks
in the state Of Mic ligan. has resigned TO
go into privat1 LIE
The Tcsas legislature his pa sed blil
maxine tia felony = con-ohdtte parallel
COM citing rJ roads
The uiloi, legislature has adopted
resol ltion projecting AGAINST coercive
leziis ii or iroi.ul.
Mr. Ceor. e ~. Child will Pc ent the
West Point Military academy a lte-si
painting Of cen. Grant
&c j, rumorcd that the Er'pge>s Eugen't
is contcmi iatng a tour OF the Unite
States travelling in ognito
IL is stated that there viii soon be p"b
ushed a novel n Washington so 'iety Fl II
the pen Of Mrs. Gen Logan
Herr Most tho notorious anarchist wh'
was ntancel to Backwe.I- island about
year ago ha been released.
The President has directed the allotmen
of lands in sevorolty To the Indians on tn
Warm Spring reservation in Oregon
seize, OF new Ge igns of embossed
STAMPS fo- stamped envelopes Is beini
prepared at the post office department
The coinage at the minis during tn
month of March was $5.lt5 06, OF whic
s.oO3.o was in standard silv dollars
During 1855 there was produced in thi
country o "a 50 short tons Of desilveri e.
lead. and ~ 500 tons of non argentlterou'
Mr.. Colon OF Dangerfeld, Texas, gets
S24C0l verdict az inst Missouri Ia'H
branch road for the killing of her hu ban'
Revenue Commits Toner Miller rules tn.
not more than two members OF the sam
family can hold positions in the rev n'
service
The message Of the governor of Mimi
sofa was printed in ten ditTerentlnnguace
Three hundred copies of it were printed
Chinese
Col. Eobt. c. Ingers,l ma, been ADM
ted t, practice before the Eew Nor' $
nremo court lie affirmed instead
swearing
The lighthouse GARD has completed a
ronrement> for increasing and improviI
tho illumination of the Bartholdi stat
of Liberty.
The Little Rock q Fl. Smith railway
pa,sel into the hands of jay Gould. !
road win lie EXTENDED to connect with t
Texas Pacific
over fI0) carpenters in Chicago a.
work on tie tth inst. and VIII not yl'
unit. enplo er- concede to tueT dema
for eight hours.
extensive fire ragged in New Fei.o
Mass. on &c "a inst. a number oil hou
were dastro el and % families were III
dered homeless
Another invasion of the Oklahoma
r,torv is said to lie on foot this time
va.. + Texas. The authorities are wat
Ing the mater.
Dpring tie month Of March the Pen
Bureau issued 1888 pens on certitca
Of which 4.7l2 were original and 364
creased pensions
six million four hundred and thirty-n
thous md and nine hoss were Killed In
west during the past winter as aSal
62t,,9 last year
III, pension office on the lst in t., ISIS
100 tension certihcat :. This Is sal
lac tho iar-e,t number ever issued In
day by the bureau.
The Americas republican club OF +
burg will celebrate Gen. Grants birth
April g. Roscoe Conkling and Govei
fora, err will speak.
The will Of Captain James b. Ead'
probsted at st Louis the other day.
bu.k of his fortune no bequeathed to
wife aud nve daughters.
Marine Leyha. "a notorious outlaw
de perado, and leader of gang W
terroriLed the west for months was
In lenvor the other day.
Twenty thousand acres of timber' i
vic.n " Of Morgan, Texas. were burr
few DAYS ago. The damage amount
over half million dollars
The Postmaster General has issu
PM a. To call III